US EditionHandball Reception in Croatia Canceled Due to Thompson Controversy
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There is a heated debate in Croatia regarding the reception for Croatian handball players after winning a medal at the European Championship. The handball players have expressed their desire to have the infamous singer Marko Perković Thompson perform at the reception, who was banned from performing in Zagreb. The Croatian Handball Federation then announced that there would be no reception, but now the Croatian government has announced that it is…
The heated debate over the reception for Croatian handball players after winning a medal at the European Championship has reached an epilogue. At the center of the handball players' desire was for the infamous singer Marko Perković Thompson, who was banned from performing in Zagreb, to perform at the reception. The Croatian Handball Federation finally announced that there would be no reception.
The planned reception in Zagreb of the Croatian national handball team, who won the bronze medal at the European Championship in Denmark, was canceled tonight because the City of Zagreb did not allow the controversial singer Marko Perković - Tomspon to perform, announced the Croatian Handball Association (HRS) and Zagreb Mayor Tomislav Tomašević.
We are STILL waiting for official confirmation of this information, no one has announced anything yet.
In a year in which sports celebrations have once again become a breeding ground for deep social divisions, the quiet success of Croatian intelligence has remained on the sidelines. While Croatia has been deeply, almost fratricidally divided over whether or not to welcome the bronze medal-winning handball players with the song of a man who is banned in several European countries,
The mayor of Zagreb previously said that the national team members decided that there would be no reception in Zagreb, because the local government could not meet their request that Marko Perković Tompson join the performers whose performance had been agreed upon.
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